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Inbreeding leads to a problematically small gene pool.
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It could have had any curvature at all. So why is it flat? What is the shape of the Universe? If you had come along before the 1800s, it likely never […]
So why should we keep using them?
If there’s no phosphine, there’s no indirect evidence for biological activity there. In one of the biggest surprises in the history of planetary science, a September 2020 study announced the presence […]
Despite the claims of one of Earth’s newest Nobel Laureates, the data doesn’t lie. One of the greatest scientific successes of the past century was the theory of the hot Big […]
Turns out a little obsession is a good thing.
Solid, liquid, and gas are the three everyone learns. Plasma is the fourth. But there are two more, and they’re fascinating. How many states of matter are there? When you […]
The most famous ‘supernova impostor’ of all could have died back in the 1840s. Here’s what we think kept it alive. In all of astronomy, no stellar event releases more energy […]
This is the first study to explore not only what percentage of people in the general population choose to watch videos of graphic real-life violence, but also why.
What if all planets were the same distance from Earth as the Moon?
In principle, the laws of physics are the same forwards and backwards. But in practice, time only runs in one direction. Most of the laws of physics are the same […]
To get a sense of faraway places, these ‘atlases’ let the locals give you their perspective.
Over the past 30 years, we’ve revolutionized what we know about the Universe. But we couldn’t have done it without these lessons. On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope rocketed […]
Is information the fifth form of matter?
Astrophysics has probed a test of a fundamental law, ‘Lorentz invariance,’ well beyond the LHC’s limits. Einstein is still right. The greatest scientific legacy that Albert Einstein left us is this: […]
From anti-gravity pens to cool model kits, these space-themed gifts will make any star gazer very happy.
Small sample size? No underlying theory? Conflicts with all other results? It checks all the boxes. There’s nothing that’s special, on a cosmic scale, about our place in the Universe. Not […]
These seven subjects don’t teach toward the test, but they will help students lead happier, healthier, and smarter lives.
Trump is #45 but Pence is #48 – and other strange consequences of the curious office of vice president.
The origin story for our Universe got a major revision nearly 40 years ago. Time to catch up. 13.8 billion years ago, all the matter and energy contained within our Universe […]
New research on the devastating health effects of ultra-processed foods has some saying yes.
The catacombs of Paris. Secret graffiti beneath NYC. The hidden cities of Cappadocia. Writer and explorer Will Hunt is your philosophical tour guide to what lies beneath.
America’s racial wealth disparity is entrenched, with devastating effects. What if we got rid of it?
You can learn good design through these books. Most of which is avoiding bad design.
How can physics on the smallest scales affect what the Universe does on its largest ones? Cosmic inflation holds the answer. On a macroscopic level, the Universe appears to be entirely […]